The Moon on this date
Moon on Monday, March 31, 1975
Waning Gibbous
77.8% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- SE
- Highest
- 29°
- Moonset
- SW
60°30°
Horizon
12:04 AM
9:57 AM
29°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 77.8%
- Age
- 18.7 days
- Distance
- 380,000 km
- Apparent size
- 31.4′
- Constellation
- Scorpius
- Lunation number
- 646
Events on this date
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Moon and Neptune close together
They pass 0.7° apart in the sky.
Exact values
For Mar 31, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 236.34° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 56.21° |
| Illuminated fraction | 77.80% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -21.6° / 259.8° |
| Right ascension / declination | 16h 20m / -21.03° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 246.66° / 0.40° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | 6.47° / 0.14° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -49.13° / 1.21° |
| Position angle of the axis | 11.5° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 100.2° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.2 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.